Today is
the day the final Geezer arrives.
Greg had a meeting yesterday in Denver and is flying into Albuquerque
where John will pick him up. It’s a
three hour drive one way for John so most of his day will be taken up
driving. He left just before noon and
wouldn’t be back until around 6:00.
Steph
wanted to visit some of the local produce stands in search of some roasted
peppers so we decided to do that after lunch. The peppers we went in search of are very special, have a distinctive taste, and only grown in Hatch, New Mexico.
We drove south out of town taking the same route we did for our Billy
the Kid Scenic Byway and found the produce stand we were looking for. You see bundles of dried peppers hanging all over
New Mexico so it is a good place to buy them.
Steph found what she was looking for at the first place we stopped so
that ended our search. We bought some tomatillo salsa with Hatch peppers in it and I'm looking forward to trying it. We headed
back into town and stopped in an area that had a lot of shops and walked around
a bit. Jack was looking for a Ruidoso
t-shirt so we looked at a couple of shops and he found what he was looking
for. After perusing a few more shops we
headed back to the house.
We spent
the rest of the afternoon relaxing and Steph started the prep for dinner that
night. Steph has ended up cooking most
of our meals and that is fine with us as she is a wonderful cook, we have had
great meals this trip and on previous trips.
John and Greg arrived right on time around 6:00 and after catching up
with Greg, we sat down to a delicious meat loaf and baked potato dinner. Pure comfort food and it was wonderful.
After
dinner, we settled in to watch a special video I had
made. Since this was the tenth
anniversary of our Geezer Gatherings, I made a video highlighting our
previous nine years. Everyone seemed to
really enjoy it, which made me feel good and made my work worthwhile. I had a copy of the video and a companion
photo book for everyone, which I handed out after the movie. These gatherings are very special to all of
us and we all enjoyed reminiscing about past years. It was a very nice night.
After the
video and a little chat, it was off to bed.
Greg had been up since 3:00 AM so he was particularly anxious to call it a
day.
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